The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Ohio River Valley Chapter (ORVC)
Officers: Chris Allgower, Ph.D., DABR, Bryon Murray, M.S., DABR, Minsong Cao, Ph.D., DABR, Michael Weldon, M.S., DABR and Indra J. Das, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM
Chapter History
Introduction
1st
Chapter Board
The Ohio River Valley Chapter (ORVC) is one of the 21 regional
AAPM founded Representative
Chapters of the AAPM. Currently, it serves Kentucky, Western Ohio, as
1958
1972
well as Eastern and Central Indiana.
ORVC
1970
ORVC defined by AAPM
1st President
ORVC Presidents:
Nelson Perry
Mukunda K. Kartha
George Callendine
James G. Kereiakes
Guy H. Simmons
Jerry Dare
Cliff Born
Robert T. Anger
Ronald Berg
Donald R. Ruegsegger
Robert Quillin
Robert E. George
Stephen R. Thomas
Charles W. Coffey, II
George W. Callendine, Jr.
Peter R. Almond
Member Profile
Currently there are total 251 registered members in ORVC. Of these 251
members, there are 18 AAPM fellows.
1.3%
0.8%
5.5%
8.9%
Full Memebers
0.4%
Emeritus Members
Associate Member
Resident Memebers
0.4%
21.6%
Diagonostic Radiology
Nuclear Medicine
82.6%
37.7%
16.5%
1987
By-Laws
Originated
1984-1985
1986-1988
1989-1990
1991-1994
1995-1997
1998-1999
2000-2002
2003-2004
2005-2006
2007-2008
2008-2009
2010-2011
2012-2013
1981
1991
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2011
251 Members
First Task Group
(with PAOHC)
Nilendu Gupta
Eric D. Slessinger
Andrew J. Schneider
Douglas M. D. Frye
Colleen M. Desrosiers
Matthew A. Meineke
Jian Z. Wang
Michael S. Gossman
Michael S. Gossman
Minsong Cao
Chris Allgower
Bryon Murray
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
ORVC Chapter Board Representatives:
Vernon Leininger
James G. Kereiakes
Joe P. Windham
Jerome G. Dare
Clifford G. Born
Stephen R. Thomas
Robert A. George
Jerome G. Dare
John S. Kent
Joseph Sayeg
John W. Swanson
Ali S. Meigooni
Paul A. Feller
Howard R. Elson
Indra J. Das
1972-1973
1974-1977
1978-1980
1981-1983
1984-1985
1986-1987
1988-1989
1990-1992
1993-1998
1999-2001
2001-2003
2002-2005
2005-2007
2008-2010
2011-2013
AAPM Officers from ORVC:
James G. Kereiakes, President
Peter R. Almond, President
Guy H. Simmons, President
Geoffrey S. Ibbott, President
Guy H. Simmons, Secretary
Charles W. Coffey, II, Secretary
Janelle A. Molloy, Treasurer
1970
1971
1995
1999
1988
1994
2010
Radiation Oncology
2.1%
29.2%
Secretary Articles of Incorporation
Treasurer
(Maryland)
1984
2008
Paul A. Feller
John S. Kent
Berry L. Stewart
Jacek G. Wierzbicki
Cheng M. Su
Alireza Sedaghat
Kishor M. Patel
Geoffrey S. Ibbott
John W. Swanson
Morris I. Bank
Alvis E. Foster
Ali S. Meigooni
Nina Samsami
Saiyid M. Shah
Marvin M.D. Williams Professional Achievement
Award Winners:
Peter R. Almond
1991
Michael D. Mills
2007
Junior Members
Indiana
ORVC Secretary/Treasurers:
Andrea D’Andrea Browne
John S. Kent
Marta S. Mendiondo
Cheng Ming Su
John F. Agnew
Michael D. Loyd
William R. Ruck
Andrea D’Andrea Browne
A. Niek Schreuder
Jonathan B. Farr
Michael A. S. Lamba
Rebecca F. Richardson
Michael Weldon
William D. Coolidge Award Winners:
James G. Kereiakes
Peter R. Almond
Student Memebers
81.8%
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
Educational Programs
1st
Radiation Safety
University
President-Elect
Bryon Murray, M. S., DABR
Dublin, OH
bmurray@ohiomedphys.com
Past President:
Minsong Cao, Ph.D.,
DABR
Los Angeles, CA
caominsong@yahoo.com
CAMPEP
Graduate Program in
Medical Physics
√
The University of Toledo
Medical Center
Graduate Program in
Medical Physics
√
University of Kentucky
Graduate Program &
Residency in Medical
Physics
√
University of Louisville
School of Medicine
Medical Physics Residency
Program
√
Indiana University - Purdue
University
Joint Medical Physics
Graduate Program
√
Ohio State University
Medical Physics Residency
Program
√
Indiana University
Medical Physics Residency
Program
√
Chapter Events
The ORVC organizes two Meetings every year with the Spring Symposium
dedicated to presentations by students and non-certified physicists.
Year
Location
Attendance
Sponsors
Spring 2009
University of Cincinnati Vontz
Center, Ohio
75
17
Fall 2009
Joint Penn-Ohio Chapter
Meeting at Columbus, Ohio
92
12
Spring 2010
University of Cincinnati Vontz
Center, Ohio
87
28
Fall 2010
Midwest Proton Radiotherapy
Institute, Bloomington, IN
100
18
Spring 2011
Kingsgate Marriott
Conference Ctr. at the Univ. of
Cincinnati
121
31
Fall 2011
Brown Hotel at the University
of Louisville
110
46
Spring 2012
Blackwell Hotel at the Ohio
State University
107
24
Fall 2012
Univ. Place Hotel, IUPUI
123
28
Current Officers and Contacts
President:
Chris Allgower, Ph.D.,
DABR
Bloomington, IN
callgowe@iuhealth.org
Program
University of Cincinnati
Kentucky
Ohio
* Data obtained from the AAPM directory
Chapter Rep. Board
Member:
Indra J. Das, Ph.D.,
DABR, FAAPM, FACR,
FASTRO
Indianapolis, IN
idas@iupui.edu
Secretary/Treasurer:
Michael Weldon, M.S.,
DABR
Columbus, OH
michael.weldon@osum
c.edu
Chapter website:
http://chapter.aapm.org/orv/index.html